2011 California Code
Family Code
DIVISION 13. ADOPTION [8500 - 9340]
CHAPTER 3. Independent Adoptions
Section 8808

(a) The department or delegated county adoption agency shall interview the petitioners within 45 working days, excluding legal holidays, after the filing of the adoption petition.

(b) The department or delegated county adoption agency shall interview all persons from whom consent is required and whose addresses are known as soon as 50 percent of the fee has been paid to the department or delegated county adoption agency. The interview with the placing parent or parents shall include, but not be limited to, discussion of any concerns or problems that the parent has with the placement and, if the placing parent was not interviewed as provided in Section 8801.7, the content required in that interview. At the interview, the agency shall give the parent an opportunity to sign either a statement revoking the consent, or a waiver of the right to revoke consent, as provided in Section 8814.5.

(c) In order to facilitate the interview described in this section, at the same time the petition is filed with the court, the petitioners shall file with the district office of the department or with the delegated county adoption agency responsible for the investigation of the adoption, a copy of the petition together with 50 percent of the fee, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all parties to be interviewed, if known.

(d) This section shall become operative on October 1, 2008.

(Repealed (in Sec. 9) and added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 759, Sec. 10. Effective September 30, 2008. Section operative October 1, 2008, by its own provisions.)